Ian Michael Baecht
EDUCATION
San Diego State University
MA Applied Linguistics/TESOL– (in progress, expected May 2017)
University of California, Davis
Preliminary Teaching Credential (Secondary English)- School of Education (2012-2014,
unfinished, 32 units earned, 3.42 GPA)
UC Berkeley Extension
Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language(2006)
University of California, Santa Cruz
B.A. English and American Comparative Literature(1993)
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
Teaching Associate,San Diego State University, August 2015-present
· Teachundergraduateacademicreadingandwritingtoaninternationalstudentpopulation
· Assist with syllabi and materialsdevelopment
· Assessstudentsformativelythroughthewritingprocess,aswellasgivingfinalsummative grades
Rhetoric and Writing Fellow,San Diego State University, August 2015-May 2016
· Tutoredforacademicreadingandwritingcoursesforinternationalstudents
ESLInstructor,InternationalHouseSanDiego,June2013-August2016
· InstructedinternationalEFL/ESLstudentsinthesummerjuniorandregularadultintensive programs at the beginning to upper-intermediatelevels
· Prepared lesson plans andmaterials
· AssessedstudentprogresswithweeklytestsandhomeworkaccordingtotheCEFR
· Differentiatedinstructiontoaddressdiversityinlearningstylesandprogress
· Participated in and lead teaching developmentworkshops
Assistant Language Teacher (ALT), Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme, Shizuoka Prefectural Board of Education, August 2007-August 2012
· Designed,developedandtaughtlessonplansintheEnglishprogramsatHamamatsu TechnicalHighSchoolandHamamatsuSchoolfortheVisuallyImpaired(k-12)
· Developedtextandaudioformid-termandtermtests
· CoachedstudentsforJapanesenationalexaminationsinEnglishproficiency(STEPEiken)
· PromotedinternationalizationthroughEnglishinstructionandcommunityinvolvement
· ParticipatedasacounselorinannualEnglishcampsforlocalelementaryschoolstudents (2007-2009)
· Plannedandimplementedannual2-dayEnglishcampsforHamamatsuTechnicalHigh School students(2007-2012)
· Servedasasponsorandparticipantinatraditionalmusicperformanceclub(koto)at Hamamatsu Technical High School(2008-2012)
Related Experience
Volunteer Literacy Coach, READ San Diego,2014-2015
· ESL resource for a Somaliimmigrant
Volunteer Literacy Coach, Refugee Transitions, San Francisco, CA, 2000-2001
· ESLresourceforrecentRussianandChineseimmigrants
Conference participation
· Presenter,CATESOL2016Conference–“AHolisticFrameworkforEvaluatingIntercultural Communicative Competence in Business EnglishTextbooks”
· Organizer,ShizuokaPrefecturalJETProgrammeSkillsDevelopmentConference,November 2010, November 2011, Shizuoka,Japan
· Presenter,ShizuokaPrefecturalJETProgrammeSkillsDevelopmentConference, November2009–“UtilizingDramaTechniquesintheEFLClassroom”
November 2008 – “Cross-cultural Communication in the Team-taught Classroom”
SDSU Student Success Fee Grant Award
“Bridging the academic-professional spheres in the TESOL Profession”
Professional Affiliation
CATESOL (California and Nevada Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages)
CONTACT
TEL:530-564-2741
E-MAIL:ianbaecht@gmail.com
ADDRESS:5345 East Falls View Drive, San Diego CA, 92115